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[Edward]

Buy it, try it and see if you can make it work by moving it around. Much will depend on the design of the sub (how it radiates bass directionally - the Descent was almost omni like - so placing it mid room created seriously noticeable standing waves) and if the frequency it cuts in at can be tailored to match your speakers.

Thanks for that. Need to get my thinking cap on.

[Marco]

I lived in New Zealand for three years back in the 90s, and my 'local' (as in every night, being single at the time) was an Irish pub in central Wellington, in fact I ended up gigging there at one point in a band doing traditional Scottish and Irish tunes.

Anyway I remember a couple of years in, a Scottish guy showing up. Turned out he was from Motherwell which is where I originally hail from. I was well out of practice but we ended up doing the usual West of Scotland 'what school did you go to' / really asking 'what foot do you kick with' dance. When he found out I was on the green side rather than the orange, that was the end of the conversation. In fact he didn't speak to me again for the whole fortnight he was in the country. Bizarre and reminded me of one of the reasons why I left Scotland in the first place. (When I came back I moved south).

Lol - nice story... What a tosser that guy was, and at the time too, his team would've been winning everything! I also can't stand that bigoted/sectarian nonsense, and haven't missed it since I left Glasgow either.

Here in Wales, we both share common ground against the English [joke]!

I thought you would have worked it out Marco when I indicated a wee giggle about the so, so desperately sad plight of Rangers for several years. (Or at least that was my intention).

Yeah, but I just wanted to be sure. Don't how you could ever 'wean yourself off' something like that, if you were a true supporter. It's in my blood, so I'll go to my grave as a staunch Celtic fan!

Marco.

[Halfway Tree]

These are possibly the best speakers I have ever heard. Certainly the best for soundstaging, so good compared to anything else it just isn't funny. I think you can build them for a couple of grand if you have the skills and the tools. Designed for active operation though.

Thanks Martin, that's very kind of you. Cost me about £1250 to build including having the top baffle CNC'd. But as you say they are designed for active operation only so active xover, dacs and power amps can add up, although a hypex-based Norge multichannel amp would do the job nicely I think.

There was a commercial version floating around at Whittlebury a few years back for £20K. They were really quite good. Not flawless, but I was impressed. And I rarely am, really.

That's interesting Justin as I'm certain that they are only available as DIY plans purchased directly from Siegfried Linkwitz or as a licensed flat pack kit from MagicLX521 in Germany and Madisound in the US.

Love those Apogee's, btw - beautiful finish and a sound to go with it!

[jandl100]

Here's a pic of the Linkwitz design at Whittlebury show, courtesy of Hifi Pig on Google images.
They were there several years running.
£20k as I recall it as well.
I thought they sounded excellent.

[Marco]

Nice wide baffles there, I see.... [Winky-winky]

Marco.

[Arkless Electronics]

Thanks Martin, that's very kind of you. Cost me about £1250 to build including having the top baffle CNC'd. But as you say they are designed for active operation only so active xover, dacs and power amps can add up, although a hypex-based Norge multichannel amp would do the job nicely I think.



That's interesting Justin as I'm certain that they are only available as DIY plans purchased directly from Siegfried Linkwitz or as a licensed flat pack kit from MagicLX521 in Germany and Madisound in the US.

Love those Apogee's, btw - beautiful finish and a sound to go with it!

I'll "big up" these bad boys as well... One of the best speakers I've ever heard at any price. I heard these at a NEBO and they made every other speaker there, including some expensive and well respected models, sound like toys to be honest...

[jandl100]

Nice wide baffles there, I see.... [Winky-winky]

Marco.

Yep.
One of the best imaging speakers I have owned were the Martin Logan CLS2z at 28 inches wide. Now that is wiiiide!

[Halfway Tree]

Here's a pic of the Linkwitz design at Whittlebury show, courtesy of Hifi Pig on Google images.
They were there several years running.
£20k as I recall it as well.
I thought they sounded excellent.

Aah, thanks Jerry. I remember them now, they are Linkwitz Orions, the predecessor to the LX521s and much more expensive to build. If I remember correctly they were not an "official" Linkwitz licensed build.

[User211]

User211 - bringing the past to the present

Here's a video I took of them in 2012. They were nicely made and they did sound good. Unfortunately they were shot with a Samsung camera whose mics are nowhere near as good as my current Sony. Better than nowt, though.

The bass was generally pretty good but did seem to have some boomish issue, if I remember correctly, which gave the speaker a warm balance. Not such a bad thing. Definitely a good speaker in my book.

[Barry]

Yep.
One of the best imaging speakers I have owned were the Martin Logan CLS2z at 28 inches wide. Now that is wiiiide!

The Quad 57s are 34" wide.